GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNCG women's track and field program heads to Statesboro, Ga., for the 2013 Southern Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships this weekend. The meet begins Saturday morning at 8 a.m. and runs through Sunday's awards ceremony at 5:45 p.m. at Eagle Field.

Junior Shannon Hall (Waldorf, Md./North Point) leads the Spartans into the weekend as she owns two top-10 times in the league this season in the 800-meter and 400-meter races. Hall owns the ninth-fastest time in the 800-meter distance with a time of 2:14.57 at the Duke Invitational while posting the 10th-best time in the 400-meter race at 58:11 at the High Point VertKlasse Meet.

Freshman Lydia Saina (Eldoret, Kenya/Kapkenda Girls School) is the Spartans' third ranked runner entering the weekend as she owns the 12th-fastest time in the 5,000-meter race. Saina turned in a time of 17:48.05 earlier this season at the Duke Invitational.

Junior Kelly Montague (Garner, N.C./West Johnston) and freshman Katherine Link (Avon Lake, Ohio/Avon Lake) are also ranked in the top 20 of the 5,000-meter race. Montague has the 16th-fastest time in the SoCon this year with a time of 18:11.11 at the Raleigh Relays while Link owns the 20th-best time at 18:17.58 at the same event.